How to Use joint resolution in a Sentence

joint resolution

noun
  • Against house joint resolution six last month in the lame duck session.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Congress would need to pass a joint resolution to extend it further.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Yeah, the, the Ohio house and Senate each passed a joint resolution along party lines.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 May 2022
  • Congress has the power to end this deployment through a joint resolution.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2025
  • The joint resolution would have to pass the Senate with a two-thirds majority.
    — Keith Ridler, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Ohio lawmakers also can seek an amendment, which is often done through a joint resolution of both houses.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Just as supporting term limits spans party lines, so did the votes for the Senate joint resolution.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • The other was a joint resolution that allowed the president to send armed forces to Iraq in the following year.
    — Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
  • For the 30-day takeover to be extended, Congress would have to take action and pass a joint resolution.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The legislature plans to pass a joint resolution honoring their lives.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Uh, the general assembly has to propose it as a joint resolution and it must be adopted by three fifths of the members of both chambers.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • Congress must agree to the reversals through joint resolutions of disapproval.
    — James Matheson, Baltimore Sun, 30 Dec. 2024
  • That suggested his joint resolution, which fell eight votes short of the two-thirds required on Wednesday, was still not a sure bet to clear the chamber.
    — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • After the bill failed, it was reintroduced as a joint resolution, in order to circumvent the two-thirds requirement for a treaty.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Under our rules here in Wyoming, if a joint resolution or a bill dies at any point in the legislative process, it is done for that legislative session.
    — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Within 60 days, Congress must pass a joint resolution of approval on the new tariff or it will be allowed to expire.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The joint resolution passed through the House on Monday, also on a hastened unanimous vote, with its third reading waived.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The duties will last only 60 days unless Congress passes a joint resolution to extend them, the bill says.
    — Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,john Melloy,ruxandra Iordache,christina Wilkie,erin Doherty, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike the resolution in the House, Kaine is proposing a joint resolution.
    — Grace Segers, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • House lawmakers previously approved the bill as a joint resolution of both the House and the Senate.
    — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • And then there are others who say that, no, the time limit was written into the joint resolution in Congress itself and that's final; the time limit is over.
    — Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
  • After that, both chambers of Congress would need to enact into law a joint resolution to extend the operation.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
  • After formal notice, Congress has 30 days to vote on a joint resolution of disapproval.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Based on the joint resolution’s language, that would appear to have the effect of creating another special session to address a new topic.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
  • This would require the majority of lawmakers in both the House and the Senate to adopt a joint resolution to place it on a statewide ballot.
    — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The latter option could work within short notice, while a joint resolution could come up against problems when the Legislature doesn't have floor sessions.
    — Rachel Hale, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2024
  • After one month, this authority can only be extended by a joint resolution from the Senate and the House.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The periods can last up to 60 days and can be extended by the governor or by a joint resolution of the Legislature.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The measure would place a 60-day limit on any presidential tariff and give Congress the right to block it through a joint resolution of both chambers.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In the House, a bipartisan group of representatives filed a joint resolution to abolish the ability-to-pay rule.
    — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, 5 June 2019

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